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1. In this lesson, sanctification is set forth as an experience, a relationship, and a Person. In logical order, the first of these is

a. the experience.
b. the relationship.
c. the Person.
d. none of them; they are all of prime importance and do not lend themselves to arrangement in order.

2. Since Christ is "made unto us sanctification", that

a. absolves us of any responsibility to live a life free from sin.
b. makes it imperative that we should try hard to live up to His standards of holiness.
c. guarantees that practical sanctification is a permanent condition and one which is imputed to us fully and without cooperation on our part.
d. should result in a clean life made possible by appropriating for ourselves the Person and work of Christ.

3. Holiness of life is produced by

a. determination and self discipline.
b. committal to Christ alone.
c. God through His grace as we cooperate by giving Christ His rightful place in our lives.
d. an automatic process; the natural outworking of salvation by faith through grace.

4. The key to practical sanctification is the daily surrender to God of

a. ourselves as persons.
b. our money and possessions.
c. our sins and shortcomings.
d. our time and opportunities.

5. It would be true to say that

a. a partial surrender to God is better than no surrender at all.
b. a partial surrender to God is actually deceptive.
c. a true surrender to God may be equated with the resolve to live a better life.
d. a total surrender to God is impossible to achieve.

6. A true surrender to God is

a. a once-for-all experience.
b. something which must be kept up daily.
c. something which involves the inner life only.
d. bound to result in a life bounded by rigid rules.
e. an emancipating experience which frees the believer from any obligation to attend Church.
f. something to be feared since it might result in God asking us to do something or go somewhere which would clash with our own desires.
 

7. The "old man" is

a. a Biblical term describing the sinful nature with which we are born.
b. completely eradicated, in a true Christian, at conversion.
c. an ever-present reality in the life of the most devout believer and one from which there can be escape in this life.
d. a problem to most Christians but can be overcome by cultivating one's good points and repressing the bad ones.

8. The intercessory work of the Lord Jesus on the believer's behalf is connected, in Scripture, with His

a. crucifixion.
b. resurrection.
c. ascension.
d. second coming.

9. Positionally, the believer in Christ is seated with Christ in the heavenlies. This means that the believer

a. is already in the only heaven spoken of in Scripture.
b. has power over the devil.
c. cannot possibly commit sin.
d. has only blessings to enjoy and no battles to fight so long as he appropriates this truth.

10. The believer should regard his body as

a. evil and a continual hindrance to holy living.
b. the temple of the Holy Spirit.
c. "the body of Christ".
d. something he will leave behind at death never to possess again.
 

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